John Pilger In an act of mass kidnapping, the British government expelled the entire population of the Chagos Archipelago so Diego Garcia could be given to the U.S.
December 1, 2008 Obama's election is historic, a symbol of great change. But will he bring the kind of change his supporters are hoping for?
November 13, 2008 An epic scandal of racism, injustice and brutality in Australia is being covered up in the manner of apartheid South Africa.
November 3, 2008 Barack Obama's job is to present a benign face that will revive America's democratic pretensions, while ensuring nothing of substance changes.
October 28, 2008 Thabo Mbeki's downfall is no more than the downfall of a failed economic system that enriched the few and dumped the poor.
October 7, 2008 Party political conferences took place in Britain last month, and there was deafening silence about the war crimes committed by Britain's rulers.
October 1, 2008 The British media is ignoring the reality of life for ordinary Iraqis and Afghans as it bolsters the official reasons for the wars.
September 12, 2008 The secrets of the crushing of Yugoslavia are emerging, telling us more about how the modern world is policed.
August 20, 2008 The lies told to justify the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are being repeated to justify new wars today.
August 7, 2008 Those who think that Barack Obama "will be a huge improvement on Bush" demonstrate the same willful naiveté of those who supported Bill Clinton and Tony Blair.
July 29, 2008 The British military has created a wall of silence around its frequent resort to barbaric practices, including torture, and goes out of its way to avoid scrutiny.
July 11, 2008 Returning to his home in Gaza from a trip to Britain, Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer was seized by Israel's security services and brutalized.
July 4, 2008 Muslims are alone as they watch the British government carry out repression against them that it would never attempt against those of other faiths.
July 1, 2008 Understanding what Barack Obama would do as president isn't possible without understanding the essentially unchanged system of U.S. power.
June 16, 2008 For the world's governments, the priorities of the "war on terror" come before speaking out for Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma.
June 4, 2008 Obama offers a "new" and apparently progressive face for the Democrats, but he is as one with McCain in supporting America’s corporate oligarchs.
June 2, 2008 Britain's "New Labour" government is gutting one of the longstanding features of "communal decency"--the local post office.
May 14, 2008 The world's dominant power is waging a largely unreported war on another continent--Latin America.
May 1, 2008
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